NOTES/THOUGHTS/REACTIONS/COMMENTARY:
We open to our Mary Sue driving her new fancy car that she totally hates because it makes people stare at her because people have never seen a fancy car in this backwater town. God. So many things wrong and we're only on the first PAGE. First, I'm getting mighty tired of this notion that this whole town's world revolves around Bella. That their lives are so boring and dull that they get all in a twitter over her getting a fancy new car and will thus stare and not be able to go on with their lives until they gape at it because they're all a bunch of ill-mannered hicks. Really, Meyer, you honestly think people care that much about other people's cars? Yeah, maybe they'll note the fancy car driving through town, but they won't halt their whole lives to gape and gossip about it. Just...jeez, this whole scenario is stupid.
She gets to the gas station and again, assumes everyone's life revolves around her and that everyone is staring. Really Bella, GET OVER YOURSELF. But in her defense, it's not helped that Meyer has guys come up to her and gush over her car. Because you know, guys do that normally with complete strangers. Then there's this:
Personally, I didn't get it. But then, I was just proud I could distinguish between the symbols for Toyota, Ford, and Chevy.
From Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1
First, this reeks of "Isn't amazing that I, a FEMALE, actually knows something about CARS?" Second, it's contridicted by previous books because I recall in the first chapter of Twilight when Bella arrived at Forks High she sat in the parking lot noting makes and models along with their price range so obviously she knows a lot more about cars then she keeps saying she does if she can do that.
We then get lots of Bella prattling on and on about things. AKA, more of Meyer telling us instead of showing us. We learn that Bella's beloved truck died a few weeks ago and so Edward got her the big fancy car that she's completely uncomfortable with.
It wasn't like I hadn't expected Edward to take advantage of our deal, to weight it on his side so that he could give so much more than he would recieve.
From Breaking Dawn, From Chapter 1
I would like to point out just how messed up it is that Bella is keeping track of the things/favors that they give each other like it's some sort of contest between them. Really, who DOES that with the person they are supposingly in love with? Second, she basically expected Edward to go against her wishes? She (and the Twihards claiming this is the "best relationship ever") see nothing wrong with that? Nor do they see anything wrong with the fact that the car is basically Edward making a joke at her expense?
More prattling and we learn that Charlie put up missing person posters of Jacob, even though Billy told him not to worry about it. Doesn't make sense but it is Twilight. Meyer isn't stopping her attempts to make Charle appear like a jerk I see.
Bella calls up the Clearwaters during her prattling and talks to Seth (after a brief demonization of Leah because apparently she hates Bella for some reason that I can't see because last I checked, they've never interacted...). Nothing new on Jacob. Apparently the pack is keeping track of Jacob via that mental link they have that evidently reaches across entire continants as Jacob is now apparently in northen Canada...that's some mental reach there. Clearwaters are apparently invited to Bella's wedding (of which she still hasn't told her parents...nice).
Having Seth there would be nice-a link, however tenuous to my missing best man.
From Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1
Um...excuse me? If Jacob hadn't taken off, she would have asked him to be the best man? Just...the guy was in LOVE WITH YOU, Bella. He also HATES Edward. So you were going to ask the guy who is probably STILL in love with you and hates your groom to be the best man (which last I checked was the groom's choice...) at your wedding and you probably would have expected him to keep his trap shut. Just...wow. Not only are you selfish bitch. You're a selfish, insensitive, heartless bitch. Why am I supposed to look up to this girl again?
Bad transition later and Bella and Edward are telling Charlie they're engaged. He takes it surprisingly well. But I would like to point to this paragraph that is after Charlie asks what the rush is:
The rush was due to the fact that I was getting closer to nineteen every stinking day, while Edward stayed frozen in all his seventeen year old perfection, as he had for over ninety years. Not that this fact necessitated marriage in my book, but the wedding was required due to the delicate and tangled compromise Edward and I had made to finally get to this point, the brink of transformation from mortal to immortal.
From Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1
There. This right here is why I have so much trouble swallowing that this series is about "true love" like Twihards keep telling me. To me this series is mostly about a girl scared of growing up (because you know being old is so horrible) and sees being a vampire as her chance at never having to grow up and therefore latches onto hot vampire to make it happen but saying that it's really about true love. Only it's kind of not. This is also why I kind of laugh hysterically when people comment on how "mature" Bella is.
So anyway, Charlie is surprisingly okay with this but tells Bella that she has to tell Renee. Oh...scary and possible conflict. But wait...no! Renee is okay with it! She's so okay with it, she figured out they were engaged already and called up Esme and now she and Esme are best buds so now there's not even the worry that the in laws won't get along. Cue sappy mother and daughter moment where Renee assures her daughter that she's wonderful and totally making the right choice.
Really bad transition after that. One point we get more demonization of Charlie who apparently though Renee would be against it (which I thought too, because this Renee is like a complete one-eighty of the Renee that was presented in the previous books) and therefore is now mopey. Then suddenly it's later and Alice is there helping him trying on a tux. Edward and Bella are happy couple doing sappy things as wedding preparations happen. End chapter. Please tell me the whole book isn't going to be this uber sappy. I don't think I'll be able to handle that...
WORD LIST: staid, omniscient
GENERAL ANNOYANCES: "my stomach flattened against my spine."-I'm pretty sure this isn't physically possible.
He busted into loud guffaws.-Poor sentance description. Better way would have been He burst into loud laughter.
He wasn't exaggerating, they'd been big on old-fashioned morals during World War I.-Last I checked getting married wasn't considered "old-fashioned". Lots of people do it Bella. Second, it can't really be considered "old-fashioned" morals in the past can it? Third, Edward was changed in 1918, right? World War I was from 1914 to 1918 in the last years of his life as a teen. Generally you're considered already raised by the time you're a teen so he technically wasn't raised during World War I. Just saying.
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